MLB.com's Carrie Muskat has been covering Major League Baseball since 1981 and is the author of "Banks to Sandberg to Grace: Five Decades of Love and Frustration with the Cubs." You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. Here, she blogs about the Cubs.

5/6 Extra bases

* Cubs pitching has posted a 2.79 ERA in the last 13 games since April 21. The starters have a 2.80 ERA in that stretch, whlie the bullpen has compiled a 2.75 ERA in the last 13 games.

* Remember the “We stinks” game last June in St. Louis? That’s when Carlos Marmol blew a game and gave up a game-tying RBI double to Ryan Theriot, then with the Cardinals, which resulted in Carlos Zambrano missing a chance for a win. The Cubs eventually lost that game on a walkoff homer by Albert Pujols. Since that game, June 5, Marmol is 1-5 with a 4.68 ERA and 26-for-35 in save situations. He has given up 43 hits and walked 47 over 57 2/3 innings, which is a lot of baserunners. He’s also served up five home runs and five wild pitches. Batters were hitting .204 against Marmol since then.

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